Netskope client command injections vulnerability

published 2019-09-26 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-3743

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Netskope client service, v57 before 57.2.0.219 and v60 before 60.2.0.214, running with NT\SYSTEM privilege, accepts network connections from localhost. The connection handling function in this service suffers from command injection vulnerability. Local users can use this vulnerability to execute code with NT\SYSTEM privilege.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Netskope Netskope client 62, Netskope client 57.2.0.219, Netskope client 60.2.0.214

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Exploit prediction

0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Netskope Netskope client

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

support.netskope.com /hc/article_attachments/360033003553/Sprint_62_Release_Notes.pdf
permissions-required, release-notes, vendor-advisory
support.netskope.com /hc/en-us/articles/360014589894-Netskope-Client
permissions-required, vendor-advisory
airbus-seclab.github.io /advisories/netskope.html
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-12091
NVD CVE-2019-12091

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